Activities of the IUCr-CIMS

Forthcoming activities

At the forthcoming XXIV Meeting of the International Union of Crystallography (Hyderabad, India, 21-28 August 2017), CIMS will organize or co-organize the following microsymposia:

• Topology and symmetry of modular structures, 22 August, 10:30-13:05
• Surface reactivity in inorganic and magnetic materials, 23 August, 10:30-13:05
• Minerals/gems in industrial applications, 24 August, 14:55-17:30
• Perovskites, perovskites and perovskites! 25 August, 10:30-13:05
• Polyoxometalates as building blocks for functional materials, 26 August, 14:55-17:30

Recent activities

• 2nd European Mineralogical Conference, Rimini, 11-15 September 2016.
• 5th SMARTER, Bayreuth, satellite meeting of the (30th) Meeting of the European Crystallographic Association, 2016
• "Mineral phases and synthetic analogues in Earth and materials science",�Rome, June 13-14, 2016
• 8th European Conference on Mineralogy and Spectroscopy, Rome on 9-11 September 2015
• 2nd Asia-Oceania conference on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS-2015), Sydney, 19-23 July 2015
• XVIII International conference �gCrystal chemistry, X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic studies of minerals, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2014
• 21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association IMA, 1 - 5 September 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1st European Crystallographic School, 28 August - 6 September 2014, Pavia, Italy
• Fourth SMARTER Crystallography Workshop", 1-4 September 2014, Durham, U.K.
• Symmetry relationships between crystal structures with application to structural phase transitions, 27-31 October 2014, Banaras, India
• Second meeting of synchrotron radiation users from Portugal, 14 - 15 February 2013, Caparica, Portugal.
• Goldschmidt Conference - session GEOLIFE - Geomaterials for environment, technology and human activities, 25-30 August 2013, Florence, Italy
• III International Conference on Crystallogenesis and Mineralogy, September 27-October 1, Novosibirski, Russia
• Minerals as advanced materials III, 23-30 June 2013, Kirovsk, Russia
• Third SMARTER Crystallography Workshop, 10-13 September 2012, Versailles, France
• The Centennial of X-ray Diffraction (1912-2012), 8-9 May 2012, Rome, Italy
• 2013 Goldschmidt Conference, theme "The cutting edge in mineralogy and mineral physics", 25-30 August 2013, Florence, Italy
• Third SMARTER Crystallography Workshop, 23-27 May 2011, Aveiro, Portugal.
• 2011 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, session GMPV21/GD2.15 "Rock forming minerals: properties, information and constraints on petrological processes and numerical models", 3-8 April, Vienna, Austria.
• XVII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopic Studies of Minerals, St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 - 24 June 2011.
• Advances in Inorganic Crystal Chemistry: Non-conventional Approaches, New Techniques, Structure Modelling and Prediction, RFBR - DFG - CNRS Trilateral Scientific Seminar, 24-25 June 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• Full-day Rietveld Session at the 60th Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, Denver X-ray Conference, 1-5 August 2011, Coloroado Springs, USA.
• Minerals As Advanced Materials II, 19-25 July 2010, Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
• XVII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry, Diffraction and Spectroscopic Studies of Minerals, 20-24 June, 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• III International Workshop Layered Materials: Design and Function, 14-15 May 2010, Bochum, Germany.
• 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association IMA, sessions on "Modularity and modulation in minerals" and "Mineralogical Crystallography", 21-27 August 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
• First North African Crystallography Conference (NACC1), 23 - 26 November 2010, Casablanca, Morocco.
• XVII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry, X-Ray Diffraction and Spectroscopic Studies of Minerals. 20-24.06.2011 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
• Minerals As Advanced Materials II, 19-25.07.2010, Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
• XVII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry, Diffraction and Spectoscopic Studies of Minerals. 20-24 June, 2011, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
• III International Workshop Layered Materials: Design and Function, Bochum (Germany), May 14-15, 2010.
• Advances in the characterization of industrial minerals, Chania, Greece, 14-18 July 2009
• Clays, clay minerals and layered materials- 2009, Moscow, Russia, 21-25 September 2009
• II International Workshop on Layered Materials: Structure and Property, Vercelli, Italy, 28-29 March 2008
• Short course on amphiboles, Rome, Italy, 29-31 October 2007
• Crystallography Workshop on Structure elucidation by coMbining mAgnetic Resonance, compuTation modEling and diffRactions (SMARTER), Aveiro, Portugal, 6-7 September 2007
• Summer School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Havana, Cuba, 15-20 July 2007
• Structural aspects of crystalline materials (from inorganic to macromolecular), section 4a-4 at the 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Turin, Italy, 5-11 August 2007
• Satellite Conference, joint meeting of the Asian Crystallographic Association and the Crystallographic Society of Japan
• Satellite Conference, XXIII European Crystallographic Meeting
• Open Commission Meeting at the XX IUCr Congress.
• International School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography
• "Microporous and mesoporous mineral phases (mineralogical and technological aspects)" - Meeting organized and financed by the Accademia dei Lincei
• satellite meeting in Budapest, in occasion of the 22nd European Crystallographic Meeting ( ECM-22 ), organized by the International Workgroup on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography (MaThCryst).
• 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence